Comments on: Don is suprised, but Sam is mistaken

By: Are Web Services Being Used in Production Today?

Are Web Services Being Used in Production Today? — Wed, 31 Dec 2003 05:02:29 +0000

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By: Gritstone & Chips

Gritstone & Chips — Thu, 18 Sep 2003 10:54:48 +0000

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Are Web Services Geing Used in Production Today? — Mon, 15 Sep 2003 11:30:32 +0000

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By: Sam Gentile

Sam Gentile — Mon, 15 Sep 2003 11:01:41 +0000

I am glad that you found a real use for a Web Service other than a stock quote service but in traveling the counttry for INETA and talking to 100’s of developers, I find great interest in WS among developers and 0% production usage among the people I have talked to. It’s unfournate as they offer great promise and in situations like yours are a great solution but I still contend that they are greatly overhyped and that the rhetoric coming out of Redmond is far more than their usage. YMMV.

But this should really be a separate post. I don’t want to break your link so I was wondering if you think I should move it to a separate post because really the COM post is more self-contained without it.

Regards,

By: Greg Reinacker

Greg Reinacker — Mon, 15 Sep 2003 01:21:38 +0000

Sam, I so got the whole point.

I was just taking issue with one part of your post - the part about how Don should get out of the office and find out that no one really uses web services - because I disagree with that part.

The rest of what you said, about COM being extremely prevalent, is certainly true for many companies.

By: Sam Gentile

Sam Gentile — Mon, 15 Sep 2003 00:50:43 +0000

You so missed the whole point.

By: Sam Gentile

Sam Gentile — Mon, 15 Sep 2003 00:40:47 +0000

You didn;t get the whole point of the post; he was suprised by the continued interest in his COM book and I talked about how much COM is being used and still developed in the real world. Maybe I should have left out the Web Services thing because now people will focus on the controversy instead of the real message here.